All Events

There are events for just about every age and interest at the Book Festival, bringing readers and writers together for inspiration, entertainment and discussion. Around 1000 authors appear in over 800 events, including novelists, poets, scientists, sportsmen, illustrators, comics creators, historians, musicians, biographers, Nobel and Booker prize-winners and many more besides.

The 2018 Book Festival will take place from 11-27 August.

Full details of the programme, including authors, themes and events with BSL interpretation and captioning will be available here from early June.